Register for the 2021 mEducation Alliance Symposium!
Presentation Proposals Open Until July 30th!
Thanks for Attending the 2021 Symposium !
Use the button below to access the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Showcase page where you can find both live session recordings and pre-recorded presentations.
The 2021 mEducation Alliance Symposium featured 145+ presenter line-up who represented 38 countries. Presenters showcased their work in a variety of participatory formats including gallery walks, lightning talks, panels, plenary sessions, virtual exhibits.
Foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) needs to be the basic starting points of a child’s education upon which all other learning is built. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 617 million children and adolescents around the world were unable to reach minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics – even though two thirds of them were in school. The ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 crisis only worsened this situation, particularly for young women.
The quality, appropriate, and scalable uses of technology has and can help mitigate some aspects of this educational crisis, particularly as we look at post-COVID-19 recovery efforts.
For this year’s Symposium, our 11th annual, we featured FLN builders from across the globe sharing good practice initiatives, promising research, and convening impactful networking around EdTech To Accelerate Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), particularly in low-resource -developing country context.
Escape the Symposium
Oh no! – Did you fall asleep at our 2021 Symposium, were apparently transported in time to closer to Halloween, and now can’t seem to find your way out? Well that’s a disturbing trick. Guess you’ll need to figure out how to get out (before any creepy crawlies find you) by participating in our Escape the Symposium Virtual Game.
Schedule and Session Details
September 27th – mEducation Alliance Member Day
- Networking and professional development for mEducation Alliance member institutions.
September 28th – 30th – The Symposium
- Plenary and Featured Panels: These sessions featured global and local EdTech for FLN thought-leaders and innovators.
- Video Showcase: Presenter videos are available to watch, as well as Session Recordings on the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Video Showcase page.
- Gallery walks: Participants virtually moved from presenter station-to-station.
- Unconference: These interactive networking sessions allowed for meaningful dialogue around demand-driven topics.
- EdTech Hub Research Hour: Co-hosted with EdTech Hub, this track included sessions on promising FLN research including:
- Technology to support personalized learning and teaching at the right level of the student
- In-service TPD, structured pedagogy, and technology
- Girls’ education and technology
- Open Educational Resources (OERs) for FLN Clinics: A deep dive examination of various opportunities and challenges for OER use for FLN.
- Innovator Showcase: A virtual exhibit space for Symposia sponsors and collaborators including those affiliated with our Math Power! and Literacy League initiatives.
- FLN EdTech Investors Panel: We invited donors, foundations, and other investors who fund EdTech for FLN initiatives to speak about their areas of priority and the best way to attract their funding.
Thank you to our sponsors!
